and that's the overnight news for this captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, july 20th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." senator john mccain begins what could be his greatest battle, fighting brain cancer. as both sides of the aisle unite and show their support. president trump with a new plan to get rid of obamacare. and o.j. simpson makes a plea for freedom. the former football star and convict's fate is in the hands of a nevada parole board.

good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news head quarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, senator john mccain is considering treatment options. he had surgery to remove the tumor behind his eye last week and the doctors say he's recovering from the surgery amazingly well, but it is not a cure. mola lenghi is in washington with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the news is hitting everyone pretty hard. it's hard to imagine anyone in public life who's gone through as much as john mccain has. this one might be his toughest battle yet. >> i do know this. this disease has never had a more worthy opponent.

>> an outpouring of support. president trump offered his family's prayers saying senator john mccain has always been a fighter. former president barack obama tweeted in part cancer doesn't know what it's up against. give it hell, john. senator graham often referred to as mccain's closest friend in the senate spoke by phone insisting he's been back. >> he said i've been through worse. >> mccain had surgery last week to have a blood clot removed from behind his eye. this type of cancer called glioblastoma has a medial survival rate of a little more than a year. >> he's in for a battle. it's the cancer that's killed ted kennedy, and despite all the research that's going on, we haven't made adequate progress. >> here in washington lawmakers were busy behind closed doors when news of mccain's diagnosis

stunned the room. >> he has been diagnosed before. it's unlikely that diagnosis is related to the current one. >> the phoenix mayo clinic where senator mccain is receiving care he said the mack cain family is including treatment options which could include chemotherapy and radiation. anne-marie? >> mola lenghi in washington. thank you so much, mola. on to health care. last night about two dozen secretaries met with john price and others to try to salvage the health care bill. after nearly three hours they got nowhere. president trump told them not to begin their august recess until they have an obamacare repeal bill. the latest effort to replace obamacare failed yesterday. the president took the senators to task.

at one point he even used a veiled thread to dean heller, a moderate who was opposed to the legislation. >> look. he wants to remain a senator, doesn't he? and i think the people of your state, which i know very well, i think they're going to appreciate what you hopefully will do. >> majority leader misch mcconnell said the senate will vote next week on the debate. the congressional budget office said the deal to repeal it without replacing it would liev 17 million americans without health care by next year. over 150 protesters were arrested last night as they demonstrated against the gop law on capitol hill. the protesters entered the three senate office buildings chanting health care is a human right. ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll ask senator john thune, chairman of the conference about the failed gop efforts to repeal and replace the affordable care

act. and next week some of president trump's closest associates are expected to testify about possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. on monday the president's son-in-law jared kushner is expected to answer questions from the senate intelligence committee behind closed doors. wednesday the senate judiciary has called donald trump jr., the president's oldest son and paul man a for to testify. attorney general jeff sessions. mr. trump told "the new york times" sessions' decision to recuse himself from the investigation was very unfair to the president. the president said, quote, if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job frmd and i would have picked somebody else. mr. trump also said if the special counsel robert mueller investigated trump finances beyond any relationship to

russia, it would cross a line. at the supreme court the court rule thad the administration can enforce its ban on refugees from six mostly muslim countries about till the federal court appeal rules. but it expands family relationships to now include grandparents that refugees can use to enter the country. today o.j. simpson will make his case to the nevada appeal board. he's now 76 years old and serving time for armed robbery and assault. >> reporter: o.j. simpson will appeal from video. the nfl hall of famer has served nearly nine years for the armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a las vegas hotel room. today he'll personally appeal for his release. >> usually what they want to hear is i'm sorry very legal

analyst laurie levinson has covered simpson since he was charged and acquitted of the double murder of his ex-wife nicole brown and her friend ron goldman. they'll ee vat his years in prison and his age. they'll hear from supporting people including one of his robbery victims, but experts say board members have already likely made their decisions. in 2013 they granted parole on some of his charges but he still needed to serve four more years to meets he minimum time behind bars. >> how surprised would you be if he was not grnlted the parole. >> there would be a lot of

scrutiny. >> he could be released as early as october. an 18-year-old chicago woman is in stable condition after being shot in the chest during an apparent road rage incident. police say she was shot by another woman yesterday afternoon following a traffic-related gult. the suspect, a 47-year-old woman pulled out a gun fired one shot. two children in the car with the victim are oklahoma and they're not injured. this morning one of the most destructive wildfires in california is burning, zroig a builds. the so-call eed detwiler fire h been burning since sunday. it appears to be moving away from the park. residents of more than 4,000 homes have been forced to evacuate. >> there's a lot of homes in and around the homes tucked into the

mountains, so the challenge is protecting those and the challenge is getting in there and trying to bill a line around the fire. >> over 3,000 firefighters are battling the fire, which is just 7% contained. coming up on the "morning news," allegation of a police officer recording evidence. with will show you the accidental body camera. plus, a passenger is kicked from a flight after kicking a child's seat. this is the "cbs morning news." not all fish oil supplements provide the same omega-3 power. megared advanced triple absorption is absorbed three times better. so one softgel has more omega-3 power than three standard fish oil pills. megared advanced triple absorption.

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booted from the flight because a toddler kicked their sit. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. "the baltimore sun" reports a police officer's body cam allegedly shows him planting drugs before an arrest. the public defender said the officer unwittingly recorded himself dropping the drugs and then retrieving them. one officer was suspended and two others. attorney general jeff sessions said yesterday the controversial policy is especially needed in drug cases. the policy reverses an obama administration order prompted by police abuses. the "chicago tribune" reports that a minnesota boy who vanished more than 40 years ago was among serial killer john wayne gacy's victims.

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to show the positive experience of adopting. on "cbs moneywatch" apple joins in on the social media game. hena daniels has more. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. they led a broad-based rally boosted by good continued news of corporate profit. the dow gained 63 points the s&p rose 19 to add to a record high and the nasdaq add 40d. u.s./china agreement ended without any agreement. the annual talks held this year at the treasury department had a particularly contentious toechblt treasury secretary steve mnuchin called on china to allow more access for u.s. firms and blamed the trade gap on chinese government intervention. housing starts jumped 8.3%

last week, the strongest pace in four months. home building surged in the northeast. stunning 83%, 22% in the midwest. the gains ended three straight months of declines. the new construction has been unable to keep up with demand. amazon is now in the social network business. amazon spark is focused on shopping and only available to amazon prime customers. spark is currently available on amazon's iphone app and android versions are flanned. and there's enough plastic waste in the world to bury manhattan in more than two miles of trash. sense 1950 more than 9 billion tons of plastic has been manufacturing. that's according to a science

jushl study. since they don't break down, three quarters end up as waste in landfills. china makes the most plastic flouled by europe and north america. anne-marie. >> hena daniels at the new york stock exchange. thank you so much, hena. it's an anniversary today. the apollo is 1 landed on the moonon this date in 19 f 9. the next day neil armstrong set foot on earth's satellite making a giant leap for mankind. there you heard it. still ahead, better health and well being for those who volunteer. >> reporter: helping others can help your health. i'm kenneth kraeg in new york with the details of a new study coming up. i kept on top of things. then the chronic, widespread pain slowed me down. my doctor said moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. he also prescribed lyrica. fibromyalgia is thought to be the result of overactive nerves.

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new research indicates there's a big payback for those who pay it forward. kenneth craig looks into how volunteering helps with seniors. >> reporter: gladys spends a lot of time with manuela castillo. the 90-year-old has dementia. >> more like a mother and daughter. that's how we treat each other. >> gladys is a volunteer come pan union. she said paying it forward is paying off more than she ever imagined. >> once i started the program i noticed that i was more active, i look forward to the next day. >> reporter: new research suggestions there are big benefits for seniors who volunteer. the corporation for national

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our top stories this morning, senator john mccain has been diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer. mccain underwent surgery to remove the tumor last week. it was discovering when the doctors treated a blood clot above his left eye. the surgery is not a cure and mccain is considering other treatments. mccain ran for president twice and was a pruz never of war for 5 1/2 year after being shot down ore vietnam. and president trump said had he known attorney general jeff sessions was going to recuse himself from the russia investigation, he would have never hered him in the first place. trump told "the new york times" sessions' decision was very unfair to the president. the white house and the kremlin are defending the dinner

chat president trump had with the kremlin at the gop summit. mr. trump tweeted it was fake news. mar gretd brennan reports. >> reporter: cameras only briefly got a glimpse of world leaders and their spouses dining at the g-20 summit in germany earlier this month but it was long enough to capture president trump speaking with president vladimir putin. the two had finished a more than hour-long meeting, which showed the chemcy twreen them. the top democrat also met. they revealed nearly two weeks later that the conversation occurred during dinner without any cameras, advisers, or u.s. presence. he instead relied on a u.s.

interpreter. other foreign leaders in the room wondered what the two presidents of adversarial countries were huddling around. >> i will get along, i think, with putin. >> during the campaign trump said he could get along. >> but jeffrey edmonds who served in the trum% and obama administrations said the tension is what made the dinner conversation high risk. when there isn't an expert in the room or he hasn't received a pre-brief there could be danger especially with an operative like putin. >> because he is a former kgb. >> right. and he's very skilled. the white house pointed out he huddled. but mr. obama was covered by his

national security adviser susan rice for the 2015 conversation. no u.s. officials with present for mr. trump's chat. margaret brennan, cbs news, the white house. coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll hear from the woman who claims to be the daughter of legendary artist salvad salvador dali before his body is exhumed for testing. and we look at a health scare for some unexpected friends. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

bizarre events when a with man steals a cat and then gets weirder, strange things she did next with the stolen cat. today is the day, parole board is deciding whether o.j. simpson should be a freeman, just how soon he could be walk ing the streets. i do know this this disease has never had anymore worthy opponent. >> senator lindsey graham reflecting on his good friend senator john mccain as mccain gets red which a fight with brain cancer, we will look at the support he is receiving from all around the political wo